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Gustav Heinemann

Gustav Walter Heinemann (23 July 1899 – 7 July 1976) was a German politician. He was Mayor of the city of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969 and President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974.

War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.
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Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.
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One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.
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Disarmament requires trust.
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